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Good, not great, M/M romance

June 1, 2016 by Ellepkay 2 Comments

I have really mixed feelings about this book, but overall really enjoyed it.  If I had the luxury of time to sit and read it in a single sitting I would have.  Every time I picked it up I found myself sucked in.  But strangely, when I wasn’t reading it, I had trouble finding the compulsion to pick it back up. This is a contemporary New Adult M/M story.  Refreshingly, both characters are already out, and at no time question their sexuality.  (I know there […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, m/m, New Adult

Ellepkay's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, m/m, New Adult ·
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How are all these sports romances so hot when I don’t care even a little bit about sports?

May 6, 2016 by Malin 7 Comments

4.5 stars Summary from Goodreads: They don’t play for the same team? Or do they? Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died.  Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his very straight friend into a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen

Malin's CBR8 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen ·
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Hot hockey dudes and stuff.

April 21, 2016 by narfna 8 Comments

New adult is not my genre. I mostly prefer historicals when I read romance. But occasionally, a book catches my eye and gets such good reviews that the curiosity monster who lives in my head and makes all my decisions just can’t be denied. This was one of those books. I’ve also read m/m romances before, but they are by no means something I’ve read a lot of. This seems to be a very well done one. There’s no doubt it’s new adult, because holy […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, m/m romance, narfna, New Adult, romance, Sarina Bowen

narfna's CBR8 Review No:61 · Genres: Romance · Tags: contemporary, Elle Kennedy, him, hockey, lgbt, m/m romance, narfna, New Adult, romance, Sarina Bowen ·
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“Life is built of these little horrible moments and the giant expanses of awesome in between.”

April 6, 2016 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

I needed a fluffy audiobook, and Sweet Filthy Boy fit the bill. If you read melanir’s review of book two in the series, Dirty Rowdy Thing, you know what I mean. I had downloaded this one when it was on sale over at Audible, which was great because almost two weeks ago I had some pretty nasty oral surgery and was hopped up on pain meds for over a week. I had four days immediately following the procedure to recuperate and do nothing. My favorite […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Christina Lauren, faintingviolet, New Adult, Sweet Filty Boy, Wild Seasons

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:23 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Christina Lauren, faintingviolet, New Adult, Sweet Filty Boy, Wild Seasons ·
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The opposite of slut-shaming

February 8, 2016 by Malin 4 Comments

Bella, the student manager of the Harkness varsity hockey team, loves sex and isn’t afraid to say so. She knows that a lot of guys and especially their girlfriends frequently say uncomplimentary things about her behind her back because of her reputation, but Bella isn’t ashamed of enjoying sex in all its many forms. Hence when her hot downstairs neighbour ends up on her doorstep one evening with a bottle of wine, dejected because he broke up with his girlfriend on his birthday, she cheers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Shameless Hour

Malin's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Shameless Hour ·
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A college romance with hockey and healthy servings of angst

February 7, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

Michael Graham and John Rikker were best friends growing up, spending all their time together, playing hockey either on the ice or on a gaming console in Graham’s den. Until the summer when it was quite clear that their friendship was turning into something else and they couldn’t keep their hands off each other anymore. Taking every chance they got to be together in secret, their developing relationship came to a violent end when they were caught by a gang of homophobic bullies. Graham managed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Understatement of the Year

Malin's CBR8 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Contemporary Romance, hockey, Malin, New Adult, Sarina Bowen, The Ivy Years, The Understatement of the Year ·
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